Reinforced sheet-steel end wall for railway-cars.



f v. E. sassum. REINFORCED SHEET S'EEL EN) WALL FOB RMLWAY CARS.

3 SHEETSHSHEET 1.'

V. E. SSSUN.

REiNFoRCED sHEE SNEL END WALL Foa HMLWAY CARS.

MfLiCATiON .FILED DEC-10.1815.

SHEETS-SHEET 2.

V. E. SIS-SON.

RELNEORCED SHEET STEEL END WALL Ema RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. l0 i915.

Paented DE@ 9?., MW.

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UNITED sTATns PATENT ernten.

VINTON E. SISSON, 0F CHICAGO, ILIINQIS, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER P. MURPHY, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINCIS.

REINFORCED SHEETeSTEEI; END WALL FOR RAILW'AY-C.A}\`,S.vv

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. EL), 1919.

Application filed BecemberlO, 1915. Serial No. 66,127.

To all zr/Lola 'it 'muy concern:

Be it-known that I, VINToN E. SrssoN, a citizen of the United States. residingat Chi fago, in the county of Cook and State ot Illinois, have inv ited certain new and useful ln'iproveulents in Reinforced Sheet- Steel End falls for Railway-Cars, ot which the 'following` is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of railway cars, more particularly box freight ears. and the invention has for its principal object to provide a sheet metal end iall lor a railway ear which will` be reinforced in a novel manner so that it will be capable ot withstanding the cargo thrusts and other stresses and impacts to which the end wall et' a car is subjected vwhen in service. y

A `furthe-r object is to provide a sheet steel end wall for a railway ear composed of-over- 4lapping panels t'ormed with reinforcing ribs -lowinpr description.

The invention is illustrated, in a preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawing-s wherein- Figure 1 is air end elevation of the super- Astrixeture of a box ear provided with the sheet metal reintoreing` wall of my invention.

l? 2 is a fragmentary plan View et the end oi {he ear with the roof boards ren'ioved.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of the end of the ear.

Fig. al is a vertical sectional View taken on line f-lH nl of Fig. l..

llig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional plan on line '-i oi'4 Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a 'fragmentary end elevation of the car showing a. modified construction in which the reinforcements run vertically in stead ot' horizontally.

'Figa 7 is i sectional View on line 'LII oi VFig'. 6, and y v Fie. S a. sectional plan on line BMS o Figa e.

fin. Fig. 2.

Like characters ot reference designate likel have shown three of these panels. designated ift, 15 and 1.6, respectively. The upper portion ot the upper panel 14 is preferably bent over on oblique lines so as to form. the

tapering' flanges 17 shown more particularly These flanges support the pur hns 18 and the ridge pole 19. the connection of the flanges withl the latter being` rein- Jforced preferably by a plate Q0. The outer ends oi the flanges il? rest upon and are riveted to angular brackets 2l, secured to the side plates 22 ot the ear. 23 are iiller blocks interposed between the purlins and between the purlins and the ridge pole closing the spaces above the vflanges 1T and below the root boards 2i. The. end-of 'the ear has trie usual fascia. plate It will be seen that the `lrame. members ot the roof are supported directly on the upper panel of the end wall. rl`he {langes 17 take the place o the usual end plate. The fart that these flanges increase in width toward the sides et the car makes them particularly adaptable as a substitute tor the end plato ot' the car since this configuration makes them unusually strongf to cheek weaving' strains in the ear root', Each of the three panels is `termed at its lower edge with a hollow offset or rib Q6. rThis ollset portion of thepanel overlaps the upper edge et the adjacent panel which is secured thereto by two lines et rivets 27 lying on opposite sides of the rib. The panels are 'formed on their vertical edges with angular flanges 2S which` are securfd, .ior' example, by bolts Q9. to the corner posts l() of the car. 30 is an angular connecting member. one lef; ot which is riveted to the lower edge of the lower panel i6 and the other leg to the end sill 'il which latter is preferably in the torni et a channel. The cs ter trai-naine@ irt of the oll'set portions ofthe discord .ingly the ollset portions entend aero the end only oi the oar, the flanges @il i ,i been omitted in the region oi? the o ets e This eoi'istruetion permits the pLessingn of the offsets 1n the sheet while oold., .The lower 2d section. ,l

rllie end wall strueture above deseribed is preferably provided with a wooden inner .lining 38 which. is spaced 'away 'from the sheet inetal wall by spacing strips 39, the strips andthe lining being secured te the Ametal wallby. bolts'll() Whieh pass through I the overlapped. portions of the panels Y 'ln Figs.` 6 to 8 inclusive, 'l' have shown ymodification in which the reinforcements run"v vertically of the structure instead. oli' horizontally. The end. consists of a plurality of vertically arranged. panels al, 491.243, le. Each panel-is provided at its lower edge n with a flange 4-.5 riveted `to the end sill 11a, one' Harige' overlapping the nent adjacent lange as indicated at fl'. The panels are provided "at their. opper edges with flanges 47- overlapped and riveted together at t8 so that they forni preferably a supporting member lor the ridge pole and purlins which is preferably narrowest at the ridge pele and increases in width toward the eaves., as in the construction shown in the first live figures. The panels fil., da are formed with tlanges t9 which overlap and are secured to the corner posts 10' 'by bolts 50. '.lhree oit the panels, that is panels a2, .43 and 4A, are formed with hollow oilsets 51,52, 53 on thevertieal edges overlapping 'the adjacent panels, respectively. The panels are seenred together by double lines of rivets 54 on oppositesides of eaeh hol-'` low odset.I The oil'set portions el the panel :fall short el the edges ott the body portions 55 of the panels as in the other construction.

rlhe fopin oi? the invention illustrated in Figs.A tl, 'lj and 8 1s noty claimed speclieally herein, 'th peciie 'features el? this 'form et' the invention being); elaiined in my eopend ing application, Serial No. fllihllw, tiled Jun; el., iene.

l' claim: i lin end structure for a railway ear comprising a plurality of .sheet reet-al I 37. The side sills 37 are ext2-shape in erossb panels, the'edges of whieh overlap each panel being seoured te the first named panel on opposite sides of said rib, said panels being termed en the edges at right angles to "'he overlapped edges with angular atta .ing flanges whieh terminate short of said ribs.

2. An end structure for a railway oar eoinprising` a plurality of sheet metal panels in horizontal arrangement oneabove the other, the edges of which overlap eaeh other, one of said overlappingedges, in eaeh ease., being formed with a pressed out rib and the corresponding edge or the other panel being secured to the rst named panel on e'l'vfposite sides oi? said ril); said panel@ eine termed on their vertical edges with tarly disposed attaching 'ianges which 'ninate adjacent said ribs at a point above the lower ledges oi said panels.

in end structure for a railway ear comprising a plurality et sheet metal panels in horizontal arrangement one above the other, 4the edges of which overlap each other, one ot said overlapping1 edges, in each ease, being' formed with a pressed out rib, and the corresponding edge of the M other panel being secured to the first named L panel on opposite sides of said rib 1n con1- bination with the end sill of the ear, and an angular member, one leg of whieh is-` secured te said. end sill and the other/to the lowermost of said of the rib therein.

il. An end structure for a railway ear comprising a plurality of sheet'metal panels in horizontal arrangement one above the other, the edges of which overlap each other, one et said overlapping' edges, in each ease, being formed with a portion which terminates within the edges of the end structure and provided with a pressed out rib and the corresponding edg'e'of the other panel being,` secured to the uiirst named panel on opposite sides of said rib, angular flanges on the verticalv edges of said panels in combination with the end sill and side' sills of the ear, an angular member, one leg of which is secured. to said end sill and the other to the lower panel of the end wall, and gussets which are attached to theangular member and project under the earv and are securedto the side sillsn ln end structure for a railway car com prising' a 'ilurality oii sheet metal panels in horizontal arrangement one above the other, the -edges et which overlap eachother and are secured together, and angular flanges on 'the vertical edgesof said. panels in eolnbina-r l tion with the end sill and side sills of the ear, an angular member, one leg,` of which is secured to said end sill and the other to the lower panel of the end wall, and gnssets panels on opposite sidesl lll) , ivhich are-,attached to -the angular member Q and project under the ear and are secured to said side sills.

6. -An end structure fora' railway c ar coinp risingl a plurality of sheet metal panels, the

vfedges of. which overlapeach other, one of saidoverlapping edges, in each case, being formed With a pressedfont rib, attaching de-j vices'for Securing theoverlappingedgesfof said panels,together.'on opposite sidesof said ribs, .andlnfoodtspaciig strips 'and a Wood liningseciired to the innerzsideiofvsaid sheet :'-V metal wall byfmeans'of certan'of the aforesaid attaching devices. -7. A rail ay fear en d ngtin sliortof the rib. 8., n end construction f having overlapping edges, one of'said over- I -lappingt'edgeshelg fcrmedwith. a pressed rib openfat `opposite.ends' and terminating Within the edges of the car'endz, al liiiing se the -car vcomprising ,two panels-.the "edge of one ofwhich' overlaps'tlie other panel 'and is y panelfhavingan oi'--` set 'rib-near one edge, and-having flanges along-.the adjacent edges, the'langes termi- Oi' a4-railway car', comprising a plurality of sheet metal panels--v formed with 'a lhollow rib open at opposite ends, the edges ofthe panels transverse. to

' the `aforesaid edges being foi-ined with flanges which overlap one upon the other and are secured to the framing of the car,

andsaid channel portion-o one panel ter'miiiati'ng 'within the plane of said flanges.

l0; ln combination with the framing Gtia railway car, a sheet metal end structure fory the'car eoinprsing'metal panels having their adjacent edgesoverlapped and having their 'edges transverse to the aforesaidedges' pro- `Ynlcd Vith attaching flanges, a portion .of

theoverlapping edge of one 'sheet stopping short of the planeet-said attaching flangesv and formed with a"reinfoi 'cing rib which exlapping edge. l

Icomprising a plurality of slieet metal panels,

.- tlie edges ofwlich overlap each other, one

of said oyeilapping edges in each case being 'spndingedge of the other panel being se- .A cured to thelirst named panel on opposite sides -of `said rib, said panels being formi-,d

n the edges at right angles to. the overlapped edges With angular attaching flanges 'which terminate short of said ribs.

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